My panel here in milwaukee. Thank you all very much. And thank you for watching newsnight. Laura coates live starts right now. Its sunday in milwaukee on the eve of the Republican National Convention. Former President Donald Trump is here in the City Tonight and its been 24 hours since this country witnessed a former american president placed in grave danger, 24 hours since the bullet was close enough to grace his ear while he campaigned for reelection the world, let alone the nation was holding its collective breath wondering if this would be the day that so many of our parents and our grandparents and even ourselves once asked where were you when . But he is here and ready to touch his Partys Nomination this very week. Just as in the seconds after he emerged from under the weight of Secret Service, shielding not only him, but our nation from a terrible and tragic repeated history he pumped his fist. What exiting is playing just a few two hours ago. His team, they say he is doing well
Than his detractors would have expected. Well see what the next couple of days hold. My panel here in milwaukee. Thank you all very much. And thank you for watching newsnight. Laura coates live starts right now. Its sunday in milwaukee on the eve of the Republican National Convention, former President Donald Trump is here in the City Tonight and its been 24 hours since this country witnessed a former american president placed in grave danger, 24 hours since a bullet was close enough to grace his ear while he campaigned for reelection, The World, let alone the nation was holding its collective breath, wondering if this would be the day that many of our parents and our grandparents and even ourselves, once asked where were you when but he is here and ready to touch his partys nomination. This very week. Just as in the seconds after he emerged from under the weight of Secret Service, shielding not only him but our nation from a terrible and tragic repeated history. He pumped his fist, wer
Can while trying to convey to you the forcefulness of the conversation that they report here. With that caveat, here it is. Trump had made the nation s leaders choose. Not just whether to stay or go, but whether to preserve democracy or devolve toward authoritarian rule, whether the truth mattered or not, whether the end justifies the means. Tensions were running high. Congresswoman liz cheney, the number three ranking house republican, who had close ties to several military and national security leaders, called chairman of the joint chiefs of staff general mark milley on january 7th. She called him to check in. Milley asked her, quote, how are you doing? she replied, quote, that f ing guy jim jordan. That son of a word that rhymes with witch, cheney said. She was referring to one of trump s staunchest allies in the house of representatives, congressman jim jordan of ohio. Cheney described being together with congressman jordan during the siege at the capitol on january 6th. Remember t
Cheney described being together with congressman jordan during the siege at the capitol on january 6th. Remember this conversation took place the day after january 6th. She told general milley, quote, while these maniacs are going through the place, i m standing in the aisle and he said we need to get the ladies away from the aisle. Let me help you. I smacked his hand away and told him get away from me. You effing did this. You bleepitybleep did this. That book came out yesterday. The title is i alone can fix it. Donald trump s catastrophic e final year. It is the number one selling book in the united states right now. And while that incident was n never reported before carol leonnig and phil rucker put it in their new bestselling book, it is now reported. It is now on the record. Excerpts including that one from the book have been circulating in recent days. Because of that, we probably should have seen today s news coming. When the house of representatives decided they would do an in
This vote made it official. Donald trump s big lie has fully enveloped the republican party. Trump s big lie is now the defining principle of what was once the party of lincoln. We all know what s going on here. Senate republicans chose to defend the big lie because they believe anything that might upset donald trump could hurt them politically. Shame on the republican party for trying to sweep the horrors of that day under the rug because they re afraid of donald trump. Senator mcconnell working in what the washington post describes as a relentless effort to kill the legislation before bipartisan commission could be established. The senate gop leader functioning the same way as kevin mccarthy. The gop now loud and proud in its objection to fact finding about the deadly insurrection and the underlying threat it revealed. Namely that radicalized white supremacists and trump supporters pose a threat to the united states homeland. That threat the focus of two homeland security bulletins t